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Fall 2019 – Genome Editing for Shortened Days to Flowering in Rice

Affiliations:
Department of Soil and Crop Sciences
Project Leader: Karina Morales
kymorales11@tamu.edu
Soil and Crop Sciences
Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Michael Thomson, Ph.D.
Meeting Times:
TBD
Team Size:
4 (Team Full)
Open Spots: 0
Special Opportunities:
Participants will get hands on experience with CRISPR editing in crops
Team Needs:
Students should have an intersest in plant biology, molecular biology, and genetics. Team members will also need to be interested in wet lab work and will be required to have or receive appropriate lab safety training. Students will be highly encouraged to enroll in SCSC 491.
Description:
Days to flowering is a vital trait in rice with flowering being the most heat sensitive time in the rice life cycle. This project aims to understand the function of 8 flowering time genes in rice and how they interact with each other. This will be done using genome editing to knock out each of the genes with the hope that we would get as many combinations within the 8 genes as possible

Written by:
Jennie Lamb
Published on:
February 12, 2020

Categories: FullTags: Fall 2019

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